Is my engine dead?

[LVB]

318 is 96 model. This morning as i was traveling frm Midrand to Soweto my temp gauge went up to red, i then stopped at BP Beyers Naude N1 oesis. I let the engine cool down for an hour and a half and then added water an two pints of oil. The statter just turns and its not even promissing that i will start. A polce man there told me that the whole top is gone. Any other solution

 

[carlitto]

doubt it....a suggestion to check your fan belts are all there and working...otherwise it sounds like your water pump is gone....or water pipe.

 

[calypso]

How long you ride with it in the red?

 

[bimmer330]

Check for traces of oil in your water.

 

[LVB]

I drove about 15 Kms frm Randburg i org a tow truck to get me home

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The radiator cap has no traces of oil but a mechanic from BM will come and inspect it this evening

 

[Diablo Jnr]

15km is a long way to be driving with the light in the red...lucky for you, you not driving a 6 cylinder.
good luck bro

 

[P1000]

Yip, by the time the temp gauge reaches the red bar, you know you are in for very expensive repairs 15km is a death sentence. Jandre's E36 318 engine cost him R21k? to repair, IMO that is more money than the car is worth...

 

[Raybimmer]

Drove e36 325i about 20 km near red zone , nearly R14000 !! ( about 4 years ago )

 

[rick540]

Anybody care to quote the part of the owners manual where it says it's "normal" to go into the red under heavy load/hot conditions. This has been in the owners manual of every BM I've owned, go look.

I have actually manually measured the red zone temp on my various cars 115C to 120C which is not going to do anything. I think you honestly need to go right through the red zone and out the other side to mess it up.

I am not sure about cars that got broken by just going into the red I think they only get damaged by going right through it, you need something over 150C to damage stuff like head gaskets, 200C to warp head and over 300C to remove temper on the rings.

Just my thoughts don't flame me.

I was once at the dealer when some woman drove her 318ti in after doing 200Km with no water, there was lot's of burning plastic smoke and when they opened the bonnet all the sensors and plastic had melted right off the engine.

 

[Venda Boy]

check this

http://www.citypress.co.za/Politics/News/Pinky-kills-her-Beemer-then-buys-a-Merc-20110226